Trash picked dresser fix and new drawer

[@meetv7700]

I love watching matthias adopt stray neglected furniture and give them a whole new life.

[@thisisbethm]

Exactly what I was going to say!

[@davidhealdjr.513]

Cue Sarah McLachlan

[@BakerMikeRomeo]

​@@davidhealdjr.513in the aaaaaarms of an engineeeeer~

[@AnttiMaeki]

I wonder where he can store all of those furniture.

[@onesixfive]

I love all your content but this truly is old school Matthias content. From the style to the project. And laughed so hard at the thumbnail photo shoot. Cheers!

[@troypfuhl14]

Glad I'm not the only one who recognized his frugal tendency. Troy 😎

[@lucerus18]

Loved the dumpster dives he use to do. 100% classic

[@Raytenecks]

I'm so glad you don't do the clickbait thumbnails. They put me in a negative mood before I've started watching the video.

[@harkbelial]

I never watch soy face videos and immediately block channels that uses it

[@profile5]

If Matthias ever does a traditional KZbin style thumbnail we will truly know the end times are upon us. Doubly so if we are instructed to smash that like button.

[@PawsAndKeys]

"Turn that like button on your homemade lathe and cut a hole for it using the pantorouter you invented"

[@troypfuhl14]

Lmmfao, right!? Troy 😎

[@imacracker515]

I would say modern day thumbnail instead of traditional. Because historically YT wasntn flooded with that trash. Old school YT rocked. I miss those days.

[@profile5]

@@PawsAndKeys Needs more box joint.

[@dpspeedy]

I absolutely love your disdain for the KZbin thumbnails, clickbait titles, and algorithm. Way to go sir, you are truly amazing.

[@marftrogdor]

Makes me smile every time Matthias jumps on the furniture at the end. I need a supercut.

[@PG-zq3jg]

Classic Wandel. Seeing a pro take on a simple project is just as satisfying as complex ones.

[@mindkiller76]

The thumbnail making really got me. Pleasure watching you make stuff, as always.

[@loadzofhobbies4219]

Ahh wonderful. This just reminded me why i used to enjoy KZbin so much.

[@antraxxslingshots]

My sole reason for not using glue is the practicabillity of taking them apart when you have to move again. Not the best solution, but it worked for me so far.

[@TheLindsay720]

The perfect slot on the first go. For the wrong plywood. Relatable.

[@TheLurker]

Given that you're in Ottawa, this literally could have been my dresser from childhood -- that glue splotch was the kind of repair my dad was famous for. I'm pretty sure this was from Ikea from the late 80s/early 90s -- when Ottawa's Ikea was the smallest in the world. A trip down memory lane!

[@kenc2257]

Way to rescue that pretty neat old dresser! [and BONUS for no particle board!] Great job.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

My grandma would have loved you. She had a shop building full of broken chairs and whatnot that she picked up for a buck, with plans to fix them and sell them.

[@richbuilds_com]

Don't ever change mate. Sod the algorithm. You know what's best.

[@andrewkrohn9846]

This is why you are my favorite KZbinr. This dresser has been in a barn for 35 yrs. Will drive home 500 miles!?

[@JonnyDIY]

Great job, love the way you made the knobs like dowels. PS- the thumbnail shenanigans at the end had me rolling 🤣😱👍

[@TheFlyingEpergne]

"try and figure out which drawer was the one I replaced! YOU WONT BELIEVE THE RESULT!!!"

[@bhoola123]

Always a pleasure to watch your smily face doing these tutorial for people like us. These gives us guidelines to take care of our honey do list. :)

[@Elektronaut]

Great video! I rellally like your style of video making. And the thumbnail is great! plain and simple and not clickbaity!

[@BerraLilltroll]

The master editor at work. A storytelling masterpiece.

[@cpobyrne1]

Turning the knobs on your homemade lathe was the highlight for me. Very cool refurb.

[@jmckl123]

Ahhh the classics! Complete with the Matthias jump of approval!

[@claytor920]

This is the first time I've heard of two circular saw blades used in lieu of a dado stack. Great tip.

[@p08alcobia]

More than learning carpentry, it shows some of the weaknesses of contemporary lifestyles, in which it is easier or cheaper to put in the trash than to respect the materials until the end of their life. Congratulations is for that and not only that it has so many subscribers.

[@zachwolfrom4522]

I have been watching you forever and I swear you find a new (old) dresser like every month. Your house has to look like an IKEA! Keep on finding dressers and I'll keep watching you fix them!

[@melliW1]

About 30 years ago I found exactly the same one on the street. these are from IKEA. I stripped it and made a toy cabinet for our daughter with different colored drawers. Now she's in her own apartment and has painted it black with white Draw Puls. this is how you make new things from old things. environmentally friendly.👍👍👍👍👍

[@matthiaswandel]

Oh, I hate it when people paint stuff. At that point, its beyond repair to me.

[@Vatharian]

What the... I clicked because I saw something similiar to what I had in my room as a kid. I had EXACTLY THE SAME dresser, since ~1994 or 1995. In Poland, to boot. I learned few cool tricks from you, like putting wood under drill. I always used painter's tape, in MOST cases it was enough, but not always. Makes way more sense!

[@lwoodt1]

The video felt like the old channel from many years ago. Thank you.

[@zerokelvin4490]

I'm so glad you don't do click bait thumbnails. They are such a turn off and makes me mad that they work. Hopefully someday we'll move past the 'clicks for money' incentives.

[@TheDaniel688]

I love the way your turned knobs attached to the drawer fronts requiring less hardware.

[@avir5604]

The most honest KZbinr but you are also among the first to start these diy and build videos. Kudos to you.

[@nitstar7699]

I had stopped using wooden knobs as over time the screws tear-out and the knobs become useless. This is brilliant, i’m always learning new techniques from Matthias.

[@6thmichcav262]

Break off a toothpick in the hole and screw the knob back on? 😊

[@SamoMalo2]

I missed videos like this one, nice one Matthias

[@dcpugh]

Love the thumbnail ... and the work. Great to see you back at it.

[@breakinn403]

I love these curbside find restore videos.

[@Smarwell123]

Very entertaining! You should do more restorations, they're always very satisfying to watch. I'm interested in seeing how long it takes for the new drawer to darken to a similar shade as the others, or whether it will ever get there.

[@troypfuhl14]

Matthias, entertaining as per usual. Good morning Sir. Troy 😎

[@weldabar]

Damn I just loved the subtle jab at imperial @5:40. As a metric loving 'Murican I approve. Give us another hundred years and we'll get there. Metric is working it's way into the culture very gradually.

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

The majority of my woodworking is repairing dumpster furniture, largely bc of your influence. And the one thing that always amuses me about knock-down fasteners is that you can periodically give your furniture a "tune-up" if they start to get rickety

[@kaboomer13]

The thumbnail bit at the end was priceless!

[@dj1NM3]

Using the stem of the draw-pull as a dowel to glue it in with is a neat idea, now I know a good way of re-attaching them after the screw has pulled out of the draw-pull

[@SkyfallLodge]

This dresser really doesn't look like flatpack furniture. Much more of a quality look than it should.

[@rodfrey]

My wife was given that exact dresser as a girl in the mid 80s - it's not just flat-pac, its THE flat-pac, it's old-school Ikea. Her dad glued it together, my daughter is using the same dresser today, it's held up fine over almost 40 years.

[@brandonswenson6215]

Mathias is my spirit animal.

[@paulbalegend]

That "you just can't do that style of thumbnail" is one of the reasons you're my first choice of youtube vids to watch.

[@jalbert222]

I always appreciate how to save money taking a free dresser, or old used furniture I can get for a buck or two, and using the machines and tools in a shop worth 10's of 1000's of dollars, make the item just like new.

[@christopherinteriors6521]

The thumbnail bit at the end - I am crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I could never do that either

[@craigsudman4556]

Thank you for sparing us the "Hook" to get us to watch. As for myself I love most of what you do. Not a fan of the computer stuff or the complicated electronic videos, but I never complain because I'm sure there are a lot of folks out there that really love that sort of video. Great video Matthias thumbs up.

[@petercollin5670]

My wife and I got an Ikea-style butcher block for a wedding gift. We like it, use it almost daily. But those knock-down joints couldn't hold up to the stresses of rolling it in and out from under the kitchen vanity. Got pretty sway-backed. So I took it apart and redid it with proper mortise and tenons, and enclosed the underside of the cart to keep dust out. Functions so much better now.

[@201081hero]

Much like your dresser build with the non-matching drawer front a few months ago I like really how this one turned out - it just shows how effectively a discarded piece of furniture can be repurposed to be a useful item again with a bit of effort. Oh and the last 30 seconds or so of the video were magnificent!

[@PaulSadauskas]

I like the modern style of ikea stuff (and the price!). I always glue it together when I’m assembling it, but like Matthias said I have the glue, clamps and experience.

[@jonathan__g]

Dresser looks pretty good! And I like the look of the mismatched noncentered drawer.

[@DJRockinRob]

I have been watching Matthias pick the most amazing wood from the "Trash" for years... He says he only drives around the neighborhood... Maybe, I should move a bit closer 😛There is no wood in the trash around my neighborhood. Hahaha Thanks for the video Matthias!! It is always a pleasure to watch you work 😀

[@audiotechlabs4650]

Damn…….I was hoping you would have shown how you finished the perfect matched drawer you made. I know matching colors is difficult, but not for you and your finishing abilities. Love the project! Recycling is the very best! Love from the USA. More videos like this one…PLEASE! Thanxz

[@BeerBellyBert]

Loved the whole video but the thumbnail ending really made me LOL.

[@sidmatheny8500]

Great save and thanks for the closed captions!

[@Dangling-Pointer]

Haha, the little thumbnail sketch at the end was great 😆

[@FarmCraft101]

Actual lol at the end. Nice work!

[@LariFariYoutube]

Hi, Matthias.. for things like this, i often use several coats of Coffee or Tea to give the wood that needed Patina, befor i put Varnish on.. Greets from Germany

[@54114142]

I never glue my Ikea furniture. Holds well enough and I've moved residences with them multiple times and it's super handy to be able to partially disassemble

[@michaelthornton7002]

Awesome project. Always nice to see new life breathed into items thrown out before their time.

[@AbdicateDotNet]

Simply WONDERFUL! I love how you restore stuff! Great job!

[@doughnut1107]

Using the compass to get the corners to match the saw profile is something I'll certainly use in the future. Great as always, thank you

[@rhpsoregon]

Great idea using varnish as a thread lock.

[@brianskitch]

I have a bed side table with drawers from the goodwill 10 years ago, same manufacturer, nice wood but weak joints. Thanks for sharing Matthias!

[@oskimac]

Finally! KZbin allowed automatic captions in One video of your channel!

[@oskimac]

Idk why

[@karodora]

I always enjoy your videos and want to thank you for including closed captioning. My hearing is poor, and the captioning makes the videos more enjoyable.

[@groundzero_-lm4md]

The different wood colour adds character and uniqueness

[@mindkiller76]

The fact that it's the middle drawer makes it look intentional.

[@MCsCreations]

Really nice work, Matthias! It looks great! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Good work. Nice humor at the end.

[@darb4091]

Ikea dresser, had one and it served me well over many years.

[@robertbamford8266]

Relying on the cam-lock fasteners never seems to work. Very satisfying to rescue a cast-off!

[@mikeking7470]

I've had trash picked dresser fall completely apart when I put them in my truck but that piece looks solid. In the days before flat pack furniture we could buy unfinished furniture, usually pine, that was pretty fair quality. I have a bookcase in my bedroom that my parents bought when I was 12 (almost 60 years ago) that was finished with an "antiquing" paint kit. Flat paint and glaze. Had to replace the skirting and the bottom shelf has cracked but it's still pretty good shape.

[@95thousandroses]

I can't tell you how glad I am you didn't try and do the clickbait thumbnail thing. I guess I'm getting old because those make me irrationally upset.

[@guzzztcom]

Thank you for adding subtitles 👍

[@bradley3549]

The last few of that type of furniture I bought actually specifically recommended gluing joints and included some glue. Thought it was nice that they put enough faith in the consumer to trust they wouldn't screw it up.

[@UndeadSpaceMonkey1]

Love the style of this video. Very well put together with the voice over and editing is spot on. Always loved your channel, thanks for putting this together for us and oh yeah great job on the dresser!

[@keithgoldston2859]

I love watching you do wood working you always just make something work shows that not everything has to be perfect for it to look and work great and the thumbnail but was the best part of my day so far lol that was great thanks for that

[@nobuckle40]

A man after my own heart. I did a salvage project like this quite a long time ago. I did have to do a bit more work on the drawers though. In the end it turned out pretty good. Nice save.

[@DaveChurchill]

I love the two sides of this channel: "Today we're reviewing a $5000 industrial strength battery backup", and "Today I found this dresser in the trash" =D

[@rutgerhoutdijk3547]

Both stuff he gets for free

[@TheLeedgelodge]

I like your thumbnails over the other type

[@aplanemaker]

Great refresh of an old dresser. I also found the identical one out in the street to take for free. I didn't have the space for it, but ended up cutting the drawers down to half width and making two sets of drawers to go under my workbench .

[@Peekul1]

Great video! It's been a while since I watched. Very nice work.

[@travisfinucane]

I've assembled flat-pack pieces that come with dowels coated with a film of water soluble glue. You dip them in a bowl of water before using. I don't remember how well that worked though.

[@wiremonkeyshop]

Entertaining and informative as always, Matthias.

[@HWPcville]

My father-in-law assembled a knock-down desk in his mobile home and used glue in all the dowel joints. It made a very sturdy desk but when he moved he had to leave the dresser behind because he couldn't get it thru the door.

[@helloitsbrian]

This was such a joy to watch. Thank you, as always, Matthias!

[@crisaghemo]

the different colours would absolutely drive me nuts. Nice job though. dumpsterdiving for the win!

[@jakewitte1788]

I love the pointing at the end like how a toddler points at something. Perfect for a YT thumbnail! hahaha

[@BruceChastain]

you're awesome Matthias

[@Samsgarden]

I like your wry sense of humour

[@Caparico]

Great job, and I actually picked up a few tricks too, so thanks

[@joethompson11]

Love the editing on this one, great pacing

[@omegaflameZ]

Looks great, I don't imagine it'll ever happen but if you end up sanding down the varnish on the other drawers (or anywhere there is a scratch) try running an iron and a damp cloth over the scratches. I had a bunch of dents on a toolbox made of pine and was honestly amazed by just a bit of steam popped all the dings right out, even the ones from my planer!

[@1pcfred]

Sanding the the finish off would work but it'd be a lot of work. You'd be better off scraping or planing it off. If you were good as scraping or planing, that is. Shavings > Dust. There'd still be some sanding involved but it'd be a lot less. The less you have to sand the better too.

[@1pcfred]

I liked the part where Matthias fixed the dresser. I will forever be haunted by that extra hole in it though.

[@johnrice6793]

The thumb nail especially - no kidding the hype. Uh - THE HYPE!!!!!

[@xsbxsbxsb]

Love the Knipex "Hammerzange"

[@sacriptex5870]

you teached me thats ok pick some trash! Thank you

[@wobblysauce]

Even with no glue they are a good setup… it is just that some people are not good with draws